| Abstract | 第1-9页 |
| 内容摘要 | 第9-11页 |
| Chapter One Introduction | 第11-14页 |
| Chapter Two An Overview of Studies of Metaphor | 第14-21页 |
| ·The Comparison Theory | 第14-15页 |
| ·The Substitution Theory | 第15页 |
| ·The Interaction Theory | 第15-17页 |
| ·The Cognitive Theory | 第17-21页 |
| Chapter Three Studies on Metaphor in a Cognitive Perspective | 第21-48页 |
| ·Classification of Conceptual Metaphor | 第21-27页 |
| ·Orientational metaphor | 第21-23页 |
| ·Structural metaphor | 第23-25页 |
| ·Ontological metaphor | 第25-27页 |
| ·Cognitive Functions of Metaphor | 第27-37页 |
| ·Metaphor as an important way of thinking | 第29-31页 |
| ·Metaphor as an important means of understanding the world | 第31-32页 |
| ·Metaphor as an essential way of conceptualizing experience | 第32-34页 |
| ·Metaphor as a cognitive dynamic of creation and semantic change | 第34-37页 |
| ·An Cognitive Analysis of Cultural Difference of Metaphors Across English and Chinese | 第37-43页 |
| ·Culture-specific animal metaphors in both English and Chinese | 第38-39页 |
| ·Different meanings of color terms across languages | 第39-43页 |
| ·Major Characteristics of Conceptual Metaphor | 第43-48页 |
| ·Systematicity of conceptual metaphor | 第43-45页 |
| ·Coherence of conceptual metaphor | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter Four Metaphorical Competence | 第48-69页 |
| ·The Definition of Metaphorical Competence | 第48-51页 |
| ·Metaphorical Comprehension Ability | 第51-59页 |
| ·The development of metaphorical comprehension | 第51-54页 |
| ·Factors affecting metaphorical comprehension | 第54-59页 |
| ·Lexical acquisition | 第54页 |
| ·Classification skills | 第54-56页 |
| ·Context | 第56-57页 |
| ·The complexity of the linguistic input | 第57-59页 |
| ·Cultural background knowledge | 第59页 |
| ·Metaphorical Production Ability | 第59-69页 |
| ·The empirical studies on development of metaphorical production | 第59-63页 |
| ·Studies on acquisition of metaphorical production competence | 第63-66页 |
| ·The pragmatic dimension of metaphor production | 第66-69页 |
| Chapter Five Metaphorical Competence and English Teaching | 第69-93页 |
| ·Metaphorical Competence and Lexical Learning | 第69-81页 |
| ·Metaphorical competence and polysemy learning | 第69-74页 |
| ·Metaphorical competence and phrasal verb learning | 第74-79页 |
| ·Metaphorical competence and idiom learning | 第79-81页 |
| ·Metaphorical Competence and Intercultural Communication | 第81-84页 |
| ·Root Metaphor and Systematic Language Learning | 第84-88页 |
| ·Metaphorical Competence and Conceptual Fluency | 第88-93页 |
| Chapter Six Implications | 第93-97页 |
| Bibliography | 第97-104页 |
